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Title: WG K7000 too green in corner
Post by: harveybirdman on December 03, 2015, 07:50:16 pm

Attached are pictures of symptoms.

Ideas on the culprit?

Title: Re: WG K7000 too green in corner
Post by: behrmr on December 03, 2015, 11:09:17 pm

Degauss it.

Title: Re: WG K7000 too green in corner
Post by: lilshawn on December 04, 2015, 02:34:58 pm

Quote from: harveybirdman on December 03, 2015, 07:50:16 pm

Ideas on the culprit?

if it's something new, mainly moving it while it's powered on.

if it goes away after rotating the cabinet 90 degrees this is the issue.

if it's something old, possibly magnetized frame.

if it stays after rotating the cabinet 90 degrees this is probably the issue

sometimes changing a horizontal monitor to vertical often requires a heavy duty degaussing to get the purity back. if this monitor has recently been installed this way, this could be the issue.

Title: Re: WG K7000 too green in corner
Post by: harveybirdman on December 04, 2015, 02:51:35 pm

I moved the cabinet to a perpendicular wall, which is likely what caused it.  I wouldn't have moved it but my wife wanted to put the Christmas tree where it was.


I don't wan't to spend money on a degaussing coil, so I'm going to try the drill trick hopefully that will fix it.

Title: Re: WG K7000 too green in corner
Post by: behrmr on December 04, 2015, 02:55:58 pm

Seems to happen more if cabinet was moved while on.

Most monitors will degauss on cold start.  It may just go away in a few days if you power on/off with long waits in between.  Maybe make a point of powering it on before you go to work.  Turn it off before you leave. Power on again after work. etc

Title: Re: WG K7000 too green in corner
Post by: Paradroid on December 04, 2015, 07:21:41 pm

Tell your wife you expect a degauss coil to appear underneath that Xmas tree. Seems only fair...

Title: Re: WG K7000 too green in corner
Post by: harveybirdman on December 04, 2015, 09:23:57 pm

Ha! Yeah that's one way to work it.

Turns out the tube hates facing West or there is something interfering maybe the speaker being near metal cabinets in my kitchen or something

At any rate if it's rotated South slightly the issues dissappear.

Title: Re: WG K7000 too green in corner
Post by: lilshawn on December 06, 2015, 02:56:39 am

yep, it's just the earth's magnetic field getting in the way.

vertical color tubes are particularly sensitive to changes to the magnetic field around them. they are designed to be a little more robust in their horizontal orientation to the changes. no biggie, you aren't hurting anything.

i've also heard fluorescent ballasts in overhead lights can cause this too.

either way, give it a smack with a degauss and she'll be right. no worries.